NASA test pilot Mike Lippert took the X-59 into the air for the first time on Oct. 21, flying the one-of-a-kind quiet ...

Six flights in a single week is a pace no earlier stretch of the X-59’s test program had reached, and NASA says so in its own words. Over September 22 to 25, the agency’s quiet-supersonic research jet ...

NASA's X-59 jet is on the verge of finally breaking the sound barrier. The X-59 is a supersonic aircraft designed with a radical elongated geometry that aims to reduce the volume of the sonic booms it ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. NASA's experimental aircraft reached a major milestone last week by achieving supersonic speed. It's a first for the agency as it ...

More than two decades since the Concorde supersonic airliner last took to the skies, NASA has been flying an experimental aircraft designed to replace loud sonic booms with a quieter thump equivalent ...

NASA's experimental aircraft reached a major milestone last week by achieving supersonic speed. It's a first for the agency as it moves closer to demonstrating a new era of quieter high-speed flight. ...

NASA completed subsonic testing of the X-59 and is preparing software updates and acoustic evaluations ahead of the aircraft's first supersonic flights. The X-59 completed subsonic tests, with data ...

Not only did the X-59 increase its pace of flight testing, but it also hit a new top speed. During one of the week's flights, the aircraft reached Mach 1.53 (approximately 1,010 mph), its fastest ...

NASA's X-59 research aircraft reached its planned supersonic speed of Mach 1.4 and altitude of 55,000 feet in a single test flight on June 12, marking a first for the aircraft. This achievement is a ...

NASA has already proved that its needle-nosed X-59 can move seriously fast in recent test flights. Now, the next step is to find out whether it can break the sound barrier without announcing its ...

NASA’s experimental X-59 aircraft has officially gone supersonic for the first time, marking a major milestone in the agency’s effort to make commercial high-speed air travel viable over land again.

NASA's supersonic jet recently hit a testing milestone as the agency looks to set the stage for commercial air travel that whizzes passengers to their destinations faster than the speed of sound. In ...